Rep. Laurel Lee previously served as the state's chief election officer — and refused demands to audit the 2020 election.
Rep. Laurel Lee previously served as the state’s chief election officer — and refused demands to audit the 2020 election.
Trump late Sunday night posted on his social media platform that he wants someone to run in the central Florida district against Lee. Trump’s call for Republicans to challenge Lee comes roughly a month before the qualifying deadline for congressional races. Currently, no GOP candidates have filed to run against Lee, according to federal campaign finance records.
Lee, a former judge married to former state Senate President Tom Lee, joined the DeSantis administration in 2019 when she was appointed to replace Secretary of State Mike Ertel, whoShe stepped down to run for Florida’s 15th district which was a newly-created, Republican-leaning congressional seat that runs from suburbs just outside of Tampa into a western slice of conservative Polk County.
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